Dhamma Resources
Ajahn Sona’s decision to shift his teaching schedule exclusively to Birken has altered the direction of Birken’s Dhamma outreach. Below are video, audio, print, and digital Dhamma teachings from Ajahn Sona that you may access wherever you may live.
View Ajahn Sona’s latest YouTube Dhamma Talk below:
Videos and Podcasts
Dozens of new video talks are now available on Ajahn Sona’s YouTube Channel and via audio podcast on Apple Podcasts and Anchor. Some of these talks are also available for audio download as well. These talks are organized by thematic series and cover a wide variety of topics from the basics of breath meditation to the subtleties of Buddhist cosmology. We hope you will enjoy these gifts of Dhamma and share them with your friends and family. If you would like to support our continuing efforts to share the Dhamma with wider audiences through these new media, please consider making a financial contribution to this noble endeavour.
Books and Articles by Ajahn Sona
Life is a Near Death Experience: available worldwide through Amazon, as well as your local bookstore and library.
Bloom: available in paperback and ebook through Sumeru Books, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, other online book sellers, plus your local bookstore and library. Also available as an audiobook at Ajahn Sona’s YouTube Channel (Part One: Serenity, Part Two: Love) and on your favourite podcast platform.
Meditations on Breath & Loving-Kindness: available as pdf download
Cemetery Contemplations: available as pdf download
The Mystery of the Breath Nimitta: available as pdf download
Birken Monastery Publications
Birken Brochure
Birken Chanting Book
Birken English Meal Reflection
Birken Pali Meal Blessing
Birken Guest Guide
Metta Sutta
Meditation Postures
Other Resources
- Birken Buddhist Forest Monastery: Asian Migration, the Creative Class, and Cultural Transformation in the New Pacific British Columbia by Luke Clossey and Karen Ferguson, published by BC Studies no. 208, Winter 2029/21.
- Forest Sangha Portal: portal for international monasteries affiliated with the Thai Forest Tradition of Venerable Ajahn Chah (with audio talks, e-publications, lunar calendars, etc.)
- “The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah“, compiled by disciples of Ajahn Chah
- “Dana: The Practice of Giving: Selected Essays”, Bhikkhu Bodhi, editor
- “The Discourse on Right View: The Sammaditthi Sutta and Its Commentary” by Bhikkhu Nanamoli, Bhikkhu Bodhi, editor
- “Going to Refuge; Taking the Precepts” by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- “The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering” (second edition, 1994) by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- “Nourishing the Roots: Essays on Buddhist Ethics“ by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- “The Taste of Freedom” by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- “Transcendental Dependent Arising: A Translation and Exposition of the Upanisa Sutta” by Bhikkhu Bodhi
- “The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon” by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- Sutta Central: a comprehensive site containing early Buddhist texts, known as the Tipiṭaka or “Three Baskets”, in original languages, translations in modern languages, and extensive sets of parallels that show the relationship between them all.
Support the Monastery
Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery is a registered Canadian charitable society and is supported entirely by donations or ‘dāna’ (generosity). All teachings, accommodations, and meals are offered free of charge. It is left to the good will and discretion of visitors and well-wishers to decide how they might support the work of the monastery.
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